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Decorah-posten., 1887-01-05
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fritaser ben enselife Staggering ior ct
bpert Mnlpar meb 6enIpn til bans Ser
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mener, at Grpeoitionen fan uoipres
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nplis ct SorIes al ben opsti9e tplfe
Reiienbe Or. Slider paa at unbiette
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2ipinsitpne, upouseoe 8%unsOHOoens est
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tienbte fore &onsuerpeoition, maa bar
bel iises at prre ben rette Manb, naas
BET MI sielber on, at finbe Gmin Ben
Tom til Den cipiliiereoe Seroens Beuns
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miot i,ne ! Nfrifa.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
JEFFERSON VA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER s s

tiously goes up to examine it. Then
he picks to ascertain its quality;
maybe he fights it. That is well;
he no longer fears it. Pay him with
little bird food: put him away.
Next day try him again. He may
90 farther and light on it, or he may
be several days getting thus famil-
lar. Be patient. Once this step is
attained. vary the programme by in
PRODUCING the finger in other spots.
He will soon light on it at any point
or angle. Then try the door, at first
thrusting the finger under it; next
time fasten it open, blockading
egress with the rest of the hand rs
one finger extends within. When
he perches ON it draw him forth a
little; next time tempt him to the
perch outside a little, and so on.
In q short time YOU have but to open
the cage door. Uplift finger. And
he is sure to fly to il; and he may
thus be called to any part ofthe room
to rest on the familiarly perch. Most
birds learn this familiarity in few
days, yet there are those who will be
two or four weeks about it.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Needs Of civilized Dogs.

There is certain responsibility about
keeping pets that few people think OF.
An animal whom we enslaye and fore,
into an unnatural life for our own pleas,
ure. has right TO demand OF us as much
variety and happiness as we can. giyo
him. Nothing short Of absolute abus,
can be more cruel than TO confine ths
active, open air loving dog in a drawing
room with positively nothing TO occupy
himself with but eating and sleeping.
There are two things which he sloul
always have, ut whatever inconvenience
to his mistress--a daily run out Of door,
(not an airing in carriage), and alway,
free access to windows looking upon TN,
street. The civilized dog takes quite ~
much interest as his mistress, when sli,
happens to be shut up in the house, in
watching the drama Of life as it unfolds
itself in the streets.
"It is not fashionable TO look out of
windows" do I hear? Very true; bu5
the best trained dogs have provoking
way of stopping just short Of elegant hu :
man manners. A very attractive sight
to me few days ago was pair of enor'
nous young St. Bernard dogs sitting ons
in each front window of an uptown resi-.
dcnce, looking with the most absorbing
interest upon the doipgs in the street.
They were a much more charming win
dow ornament than anything their mis-
tress could have placed behind tho
glass.-Harper' Bazar.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Life I'm Morocco.

The suburbs of Tangier are beautiful.
There are exquisite gardens with high
hedges of geraniums and heliotropes, beds
of roses of every hue and innumerable
small flowers unknown in your country
Figs, apricots, pomegranates, pears,
plums, olives, dates and walnuts grow in
luxuriance. So do oranges and lemons;
the former arc far superior to those found
in California and Florida, and have seen
them sell here at three cents dozen. The
markets are good, fish being abundant
Fine large roe shad bring from fifteen tc
twenty cents each; sole the same; Spanish
mackerel from ten to twelve cents each;
small fish five cents pound; meat from
five to nine cents; capons twenty cents
each: chickens twelve to fifteen cents
each; eggs fifty cents per 100 in summer
and ninety cents in winter, as largo and
fresh as any at home. Milk and butter
are not good, for some reason which have
not been able to find out, but in all prob
ability the cows have degenerated since
the time when Ham brought his share
here from Noah's settlement Of his estate.
The cream and butter is not fit for Chris
tians to eat. A good q COW, costing here
$50 will give an average OF two quarts q
day until she goes dry, and miserable,
tasteless stuff 1t is, on which no cream
rises and which sours in eight hours l
use goats entirely and from good pair OF
nannies, provided l keep them well fed
can get eight quarts Of good milk day
Tangier Cor. Philadelphia Call.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
THE SQUAT AND SWARTHY
ITALIANS.

One who has watched them and
studied their ways says that the Ital-
ian laborcrs on the railroads in this
country live principally on ryc-bread,
macaroni and pork. They earn $1.2O
per day, and as they never lose any
time they get from $50 to $35 per
month. From this the board bill is
deducted. Their expenses for the
month generally run between So and
Sc. Some live on less, but when a
man spends 81 or IS per month he
is considered as living very extrava-
gantly. They come from the north
ern part of Italy, from the region
near the Alps. Very few of them
come from any part ofItaly south of
Rome, for in that part of the coun-
try there is a great deal of tilling of
soil, q great many vineyards and a
great deal Of work. The poorer
classes of Italians are to be found
in the northern part of Italy, where
work is scarce and where the men
are always ready to come to this
country. This is pretty severe com
petition with American workingmen,
especially when the latter own prop
erty, pay taxes and give their chill
dren m education. Boston Tfdrel.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
FOR FARMERS.

The kind of sheep to keep depends
on the soil and pasturage The
Southdown is the best breed to cross
with native ewes that are made to
forage u great portion of the time.
Merinos do better in large flocks than
do the heavy mutton sheep. Heavy
breeds cannot range rs easily as the
small sheep, and therefore require
more attention. Using the improv
ed breeds for crossing means that 4
larger allowance Of food must he
given if success is expected.
Popcorn is sold by weight, and
commands ready sale. AS poultry
food is better than any other kind
of corn, as it is not so rich in fat and
contains II larger proportion albumi-
noids. Although the ears are small,
yet crop of popcorn produces near
ly as much as the larger varieties, as
it contains larger number of ears to
the stalk, while more stalks can also
be grown on hill.
Do not wean the late pigs too soon,
but feed the SOW more, So as to give
the pigs good start They can
safely remain with the SOW until they
are eight weeks old, but as q large
litter will soon cause her to become
very thin in flesh she should be fed
early and often, while the pigs should
also be given all the skim milk they
wish as soon as they are old enough
to eat.
There is nothing that will fatten
pig as quickly as sweet potatoes.
They are superior to corn for that
purpose. Pick out those that are
marketable and boil the culls for the
pigs. They may be given to steers
also, and can he fed raw or cooked.
The value of the hen manure from
q single bird for one year is estimat-
ed at ID cents. At this rate the to-
tai value of the manure from all the
poultry in the country in 1880 would
be $l9,000,000. The total value of
the fertilizers manufactured during
the same year was $23,650,795.
ANY animal giving milk requires
frequent watering. While many COWS
in winter will only drink once or
twice day, they will in summer re-
quire water three times-morning,
noon and night-and drink heartily
each time. The water, even in sum
mer, is better for standing where it
will be nearly blood warm.
The people of Siberia buy their
milk frozen, and for convenience it
is allowed to freeze about stick,
which comes as handle to carry
it bv. The milkman leaves one
chunk or two chunks, as the case
may be, at the house of his custom
ers.
A practical farmer says that in
setting posts where great solidity is
required he uses gravel and small
stones to fill around the posts and
then runs in thin waterlime mortar,
thus virtually imbed'ing the post
in rock, preventing decay and insur-
ing solidity.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
ANEW BOOTMAKING SYSTEM.

A new system OF bootmaking has
been perfected in which the method
of securing the soles, uppers and in
soles together is the exact reverse
of the ordinary wholesale system.
In the latter the uppers are attach
ed to the insoles by small tacks, the
points of which in time protude into
the wearer's feet, besides which their
use is accompanied by other disad-
vantages. The sole is then scored
or channeled round to receive the
stitching, by which it is, of course,
weakened and its water-resisting
power greatly reduced. In the CAB
Intra" system the tacks are deftly
put into the insole by handy ma
chine, the fiat heads of the nails be-
ing flush with the surface of the in
sole and toward the wearer's feet.
The insole is then placed on the last
with the points upward, and the up
per is pulled over them and made
fast by means of a hollow tool, with
which the operator passes down the
leather over the point of each nail.
The sole is then placed over the pro-
truding points of the nails and ham
mered down, few smart blows serv-
ING to secure the sole to the upper
and insole. SO perfectly are the
three united that it requires tools
and great force to separate them.
The secret of this great cohesive
power lies in the form of nail,
which has a shoulder near its point
and in section resembles an open
harpoon. Hence, when driven into
the leather. the latter closes over the
shoulder of the nail and defies all
but the most severe efforts to extract
it. After the sole has been secured
the boot is finished in the usual way,
the time occupied in fixing the sole
being about half that required in
the ordinary machine boot process.
The value of the system is strongly
attested by practical boot manufac-
turers, andit appears likely to effect
a marked change in the condition Of
the wholesale boot manufacturing
trade.-L0RdOn Times.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
INSTRUCTIVE PARAGRAPHS.
A SPIDERS Babies---Food-S Seeking Shells
THE Maguey Plant.


Our esteemed contemporary, the
.Nillstone, has ground out readable
grist us follows:
The parental love of the spider is
very strong. The female carries,
suspended on her legs, small bag
containing the eggs, which resemble
white beads. Ii the bag is pushed
away with straw or stick the crea-
ture will make the most desperate
effort to recover it. A spider was
once found whose back appeared to
have a granulated surface, but closer
examination showed that she was
entirely covered with her young. On
trying to shake them off they at
tached themselves to their mother
by thread, and on throwing them
to the ground she remained perfectly
quiet until they had all pulled them
selves back by means of their ex-
temporized cable, and spread them
selves over her body as before.
You sometimes see shells along
our shores having hole in their
side. This hole is perfectly round,
and is beveled or countersunk. 1t
seems to have been made artificially
and with great care. How is it to
be accounted for? Another shell, the
common cookie, which is found in
great numbers all along our shores,
has done the mischief. 1t has q
tongue, furnished with rows of teeth,
giving it 4 resemblance to file.
When the little creature is hungry
it finds another shell containing q
living inhabitant. 1t at once fas-
tens itself to it, and by means Of its
teeth-covered tongue commences bor-
ing hole, and continues at this en-
ployment until it has gotten through
the shell to the living inhabitant
within. This is what it was after.
1t has found its food, and can now
at its leisure make its meal.
The maguey plant of Mexico has
many uses. 1t is eaten cut up and
preserved like melon rinds. It's
long, tough fibre is extensively used
in making ropes and cordage. The
end of each leaf terminates in hard,
sharp, black thorn. Break off this
thorn and strip down the fibres at
tached to it and you have a capital
needle and thread for coarse sewing.
This the muleteers use to mend
their saddles and broken harness
straps The juice of the plant fer
mented is the famous pulque. The
pulque is best in these high regions.
1t is viscous milk white fluid, very
wholesome and sustaining. and
would be most agreeable drink if
it tasted good" In fact, it tastes,
when it has been few days fer
mented, like a mixture of butter
milk and sour cider. Many stran-
gers become very fond oft The
older it grows the more intoxicating
it is.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Lumber in Asiatic Turkey.

There is said to be very promising
opening for lumbermen in the northern
portion of Asiatic Turkey. The principal
kinds of wood supplied are the box and
walnut tree, which fetch, on an average,
100 francs ton, delivered on the sea-
shore, and oak of various qualities, the
price Of which varies between GO and 10
francs per cubic meter, delivered at any
place in Europe, where the price is at
present 120 and 160 francs. There are,
beside, many beech trees, which are used
for making petroleum barrels. What il
required is enterprise on n large scale;
that is to say, the purchase Of whole for
ests, OF of trees, according to option, by a
man who resides at Tiflis or at Batoum,
and who knows the language and usages
of the country. Contracts with the Ar
menians and princes Of the country
should be avoided. In short, lucrative
business may be done in tho Caucasus;
but it must be conducted with intelli-
gence, and with the assistance of suitable
persons who are acquainted with the
country, customs and language. Chicago
Times,
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Ton Glover School Borr.

Although boys are often rather hard in
their treatment of each other, they GER
tainly always stick together when one OF
their party is in trouble. There are hun
dreds of instances Of this, but a most
amusing one occurred whilst DR.. Vaughan
was head master Of Harrow. He was
returning late ono evening from dinner
party when he caught sight Of one Of his
pupils, who was taking walk when he
ought to have been in bed. The moment
the boy saw DR.. Vaughan he ran for his
life. Off started the master in hot pur-
suit, and he just succeeded in seizing his
pupil by his coat tails. After good
many struggles the boy escaped, but he
left one tail in the doctors hands. The
master made sure that he would find out
the culpit next morning by his coat, but
when he entered the school every boy Of
the sixth form had only one tail to his
coat, so the offender escaped punish
ment.-Mancheste Times.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

Our Saxon ancestors appear to have de-
voted considerable attention to the sub
ject of their hair. Though ignorant Of
macassar oil, they discovered that dead
bees burned to ashes and seethed in oil
with leaves of willow would stop hair
from falling off, but should the hair be
too thick, then must swallow be burned
to ashes under tile and tho ashes be
sprinkled on the head. But in order
altogether to prevent the growth OF hair
emmet's eggs rubbed on the place are
found an effectual depilatory-'neve
will any hair come there" Excellent
also as cure for deafness is the juice OF
emmet's eggs crushed, or else the gall OF
q goat, or, in extreme cases, boar's gall,
bulls gall and bucks gall mixed in equal
parts with honey and dropped into the
ear, sometimes with the addition OF very
pasty ingredients. But il earwigs had
entered in, then the sufferer is hidden to
s'take the mickle great windlestraw with
two edges, which wakes in highways,
chew it into the ear; he, the earwig, will
soon be Off"
Even this poor insect was turned to
account. One prescription desires that
''the bowels Of an earwig be pounded
with the smede of wheaton meal and the
netherward q. e. root of marche, and
mingled with honey" For hard tumor
or swelling, goats flesh burned to ashes
and smudged ON with water is found to
be efficacious, as are also shavings off the
horn of hart to disperse i'll humors and
gatherings. Wood ashes seethed in resin
or goats horn burned and mingled with
water, or its dung dried and grated and
mingled with lard, were all good reme-
dies for swellings. For erysipelas the
prescriptions are numerous. A plaster
of earthworms, or Of bullock's dung still
warm, is recommended; but better still,
"for that TX, take swallows nest,
break it away altogether, and burn it,
with its dung and all; rub it to dust,
mingle with vinegar, and smear there
with" For pain Of jowl, burn a swal-
low to dust, and mingle him with field
bees honey. Give the man that to eat
frequently Nineteenth Century.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
The Wet Umbrella Joke.

The old practical joke of half dozen
young fellows raising dripping wet UNI
brellas in the main doorway of public
hall at the close of an entertainment be-
fore crowded house on starlight night,
was played with entire success few even
ings ago in Harlem. The news of the
unexpected and most unwelcome storm
was communicated to others by those of
the audience who first saw the umbrellas,
and in that way it became the exciting
and exclusive subject Of conversation
throughout the building. Gentlemen
carefully covered their silk tiles with
their handkerchiefs, rolled up the ends Of
the legs of their trousers and turned up
their coat collars. Ladies' prepared them
selves in the conventional way for a pro-
voking walk to the cars, and others sent
their gallant escorts flying after umbrel-
las, coaches and waterproofs. In about
ten minutes the real state Of things, the
pretty how to do, had been discovered,
and then came unbounded hilarity and a
resolve on the part of the weatherbound
boys to try it on somewhere themselves.
New York Times.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
HOW TO TRAIN A CANARY,
Our Dumb Animals.

Set the cage on q table near where
YOU wish to sit; after little confer
encc with the bird introduce finger
between the wires near the favorite
perch. holding it there patiently,
Yourself occupied with book or paper
the while Presently, as it shows
no disposition to harm him, he eau
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Our First Mail Service.

The first record contained in our colo
NAL history of any kind of mail service
dates from 1877, when the court at Bos-
ton appointed Mr.. John Hayward "to
take In and convey letters according to
their direction. In ITO Parliament
passed an act to establish a general post
office for all her majesty's dominions,
including North America, New York be-
ing made the chief letter Office of the
colonies. The rates Of postage for all
letters and packages from New York to
any place within sixty miles were as fol-
lows: Single letters, four pence; double,
eight pence; treble, one shilling; an
ounce, one shilling and four pence
Magazine of American History.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
rrIn Around the World.

Ernest Michel, the noted French travel
ler who has Just made trip around tho
world in 240 days, says that this journey
msy now be made much more chcaply
and comfortably than few years ago,
and that transportation facilities on scs
and land have SO greatly improved tlias
even this limited time affords many ad.
vantages for study and delibel ate sight.
seeing. As for the expense, he says that
the journey around the world can b,
comfortably made by those vAo know
how TO travel at cost Of s. day. Fer
81, 900 hc says the trip can be made with
the greatest comfort. His estimate, hove
ever, does not leave much margin for the
purchase of knick knacks and souvenirs
Of the Journey. New York Sun.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Fond Of Hot Weather.

Humboldt, in his "Aspects of Nature,
describes day he passed near the rapids
Of the Orinoco river, when the mercury
in the thermometer registered 1872 degrees
in the shade. All the rocks, he says,
were covered with an immense number
of iguanas and spotted salamanders, and
these cold blooded creatures, with raised
heads and widely gaping mouths, inhaled
the heated ar with light.-New Yort:
Telegram.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Lake superior.s "Flower Pot.o

''There is q curious island in Mckay's
harbor on the north shore OF Lake Supe-
rior,'' said Capt. Johnson Of the steamer
Undine. 'It is called the Flower Pot,
and is giant rock rising out of the water
The rock is covered with moss which par
tally hides the many large and dangerous
creyices running across the island. If a
man falls into one of these he cannot get
out without assistance. Several Indians
have gone to the island and never return
ed, probably perishing in this way, and
now the Indians will not go near 1T. It
swarms with rabbits and partridges, and
when brought some partridges over to
the mainland Mr. Mckay said he had
lived ten years at the harbor and never sci
foot on the island. Toronto Globe.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

Solon said. he gave the Athenians,
not the best laws, but the best they
would receive.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

The laws are like cobwebs;
flies are caught, the great brca's
through.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

Proud and too highly extolled me-
dioerity provoles the resentment of
men of real superiority.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

BY a new process thousand
shades ofcolor can beprinted att
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

Some men with abundant intellect
and courage, lack a reserve and dig
nitv that ever-awes lesser minds.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23
Simmons Liver Regulator

was afflicted tor several wears
with disOrdercd liver, which result
ed in a severe attack of jaundice. /
had rs good medical attendance as
our section affords, who failed utter
~ to restore me To the enjoyment Of
my former good health. then tried
the favOrite prescription OF one Ofthe
most renowned physicians OF Louis
Vile, Ky, but to no purpose; where
upon was induced To try Simmons
Liver Regulator. ! found immedi-
ate benefit from its use, and il uiti-
mately restored me to the full enjoy
ment of health.
\. III. SHIRLEY,
Df.hv,r,,l
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-09-23

Is an affection of the Liver, and can bC
thoroughly cured by that Grand
Regulator Of the Liver and
hillary Organs